Thomas Jolley

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas Jolley, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chemin-des-Dames, France, March 6, 1918. While the area in which he was located was being heavily shelled by the enemy, Private First Class Jolley showed extraordinary valor by leaving his dugout, passing through 300 meters of heavy shell fire, and rendering aid to a wounded man at great risk of his own life.